Silent Objects, Speaking Functions? Uses, Reuses, and Receptions of Late Antique Artifacts

16 Dec

SMArt Talks: Building Histories

We cordially invite you to the autumn lecture series SMArt Talks, organised by the Centre for Modern Art & Theory. SMArt Talks: Building Histories start on the 23rd of September!

3 Sep 2026

DHS Annual Conference 2026 in Brno!

We are delighted to announce that in 2026, Brno will host the Design History Society Annual Conference. Titled Design in an Age of Uncertainty, the event will explore the urgent issues that shape not only the present of design history, but also its pasts and possible futures. From the 3rd to the 5th of September, the Department of Art History will host an event dedicated to exchange of ideas about design history, theory, criticism and practice and will bring together the best and up-to-date research in the field from established as well as emerging scholars!

19 Dec

CFP – Agents of Change: Folk Cultures in the Long 20th Century

We’re delighted to share that colleagues from Centre for Modern Art & Theory – Valéria Bláha, Marta Filipová, and Julia Secklehner – are organising a workshop titled Agents of Change: Folk Cultures in the Long 20th Century, taking place on the 18th and the 19th of June 2026 at Masaryk University in Brno. The workshop is part of their research project Beyond the Village: Folk Cultures as Agents of Modernity, 1918–1945, funded by the Czech Science Foundation.

11 Dec

DAH Christmas Party "Vampire Extravaganza" 🧛🏻

We invite all teachers, students, and friends of the Department of Art History to our Christmas party, which will take place on Thursday, 11th of December 2025, at 18:00 at Hladinka a Šnyt na Švábce (Údolní 4).